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Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.


As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.


I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, 

put the junk mail in the garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.


So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the garbage first...
But then I think,
since I'm going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway, 

I may as well pay the bills first.


I take my check book off the table
and see that there is only one check left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking.


I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the Pepsi aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.


As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--they need water.


I put the Pepsi on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning. 


I decide I better put them back on my desk,
but first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.


Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realise that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers.


I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.


So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill.
Then, I head down the hall trying to
remember what I was planning to do.


At the end of the day:
the car isn't washed
the bills aren't paid
there is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter
the flowers don't have enough water,
there is still only 1 check in my check book,
I can't find the remote,
I can't find my glasses,
and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.


Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day,
and I'm really tired.
I realise this is a serious problem,
and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail....

Oh I almost forgot--Thanks to Chris for this oldie but goodie

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